Jennifer S. Holland es escritora del National Geographic especializada en ciencia e historia natural. Vive en Silver Spring, Maryland con su marido, dos perros, docenas de serpientes y unos cuantos lagartos. Para su desesperación, ninguno de ellos ha cruzado la frontera entre especies para ser amigos.
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Con fotografías a color, este libro es un tesoro para cualquier amante de los animales.Amigos inesperados nos ofrece 47 historias reales e inspiradoras de animales que sin tener nada en común establecen lazos de amistad de formas completamente imprevisibles.En sus multiples viajes por el mundo, la periodista del National Geographic, Jennifer Holland ha podido recopilar los relatos de amistad de un gato y un pajaro, un elefante y una oveja, una serpiente y un hamster, un gato y una iguana, una gorila y un gatitoy muchos mas. Todos ellos, relatos inexplicables de amistad entre depredadores y presas en el mundo natural, como el caso del leopardo que visita cada noche una aldea de la India para dormir con un ternero.De lugares tan dispares como Sudafrica, Alemania, India, Japon o el Circulo Polar Artico, la autora narra con todo detalle cada una de las historias de amistad de los protagonistas y nos aporta interesantes explicaciones sobre el comportamiento animal que dejaran asombrados a los lectores de todas las edades.
Good friends come in all shapes and sizes!Unlikely Friendships, the runaway New York Times bestseller with a compelling message of hope and friendship and differences overcome, is rewritten just for younger readers. This hardcover chapter book for children ages seven and up collects five heartwarming true stories of animal friendship: a dog that loves an elephant, a bear and a cat who become best friends, a house cat who looks after a dog as he goes blind, a lioness who protects a baby antelope, and a dove who befriends a baby Rhesus monkey. Chapter books give young readers a strong sense of accomplishment, and these heartwarming animal stories, with their incredible photographs and inexplicable mysteries of attraction, their focus on friendship, love, and the ways that creatures of all different species can find common bonds of affection, will keep kids turning the pages to find out about the unusual ways animals help each other and discover the love of new friends. Each is a perfect gift for young animal lovers, and a lovely subject to help kids get reading.
Good friends come in all shapes and sizes!Unlikely Friendships, the runaway New York Times bestseller with a compelling message of hope and friendship and differences overcome, is rewritten just for younger readers. This hardcover chapter book for children ages seven and up collects five heartwarming true stories of animal friendship: a hippo and the goat who is his best friend, an iguana that snuggles with a cat, a dog that takes care of a blind deer, a cat and orangutan who become friends, and a mother dog who cares for a tiny piglet. Chapter books give young readers a strong sense of accomplishment, and these heartwarming animal stories, with their incredible photographs and inexplicable mysteries of attraction, their focus on friendship, love, and the ways that creatures of all different species can find common bonds of affection, will keep kids turning the pages to find out about the unusual ways animals help each other and discover the love of new friends. Each is a perfect gift for young animal lovers, and a lovely subject to help kids get reading.
Good friends come in all shapes and sizes!Unlikely Friendships, the runaway New York Times bestseller with a compelling message of hope and friendship and differences overcome, is rewritten just for younger readers. This hardcover chapter book for children ages seven and up collects five heartwarming true stories of animal friendship: Koko the gorilla and her favorite kittens, a dog who swims with dolphins, a zebra who cares for a young gazelle, a baby warthog who makes friends with a lonely rhinoceros, and a leopard who cuddles with a cow at bedtime. Chapter books give young readers a strong sense of accomplishment, and these heartwarming animal stories, with their incredible photographs and inexplicable mysteries of attraction, their focus on friendship, love, and the ways that creatures of all different species can find common bonds of affection, will keep kids turning the pages to find out about the unusual ways animals help each other and discover the love of new friends. Each is a perfect gift for young animal lovers, and a lovely subject to help kids get reading.